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Rafael do Nascimento

“Mulisha”
Country
Brazil
Record
13-3
Weight class
Bantamweight
Height
5'4"
Reach
—
Age
34
Stance
—
Career stats
Finish rate70%
7 of 10 wins inside the distance · 60th percentile
Durability93%
Stopped in 7% of bouts — 1 of 14 · 72nd percentile
Activity5
Bouts in the last 24 months · 95th percentile
6:08
Avg bout length
1L
Streak
2
Title fights
0
Main events
Percentiles vs 455 bantamweights
Counted from the 14 bouts on record, not the full 16-fight career

Rafael do Nascimento, “Mulisha”, is a Bantamweight from Brazil with an official record of 13-2. Cage Brothers holds 13 of those bouts: 10 wins and 3 losses, the wins coming 1 by knockout, 6 by submission and 3 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a second-round submission win over Lewis McGrillen at PFL Austin: Eblen vs. Kasanganay 2 on 18 July 2026, the fourth win in a row.

DateOpponentResultMethodRoundEvent
Oct 16, 2026Sarvarjon KhamidovLOSSKOPunchesR1 · 1:49PFL Chicago: Carmouche vs. Bishop 2
Jul 18, 2026Lewis McGrillenWINSUBSubmissionR2 · 2:07PFL Austin: Eblen vs. Kasanganay 2
Feb 27, 2026Shuya KamikuboWINDECDecision - UnanimousR3LFA 227: Do Nascimento vs. Kamikubo
Aug 22, 2025Arnold JimenezWINSUBSubmission (Ninja Choke)R1LFA 215: Miranda vs. Barzilay
Jan 10, 2025Brandon AltomareWINSUBSubmission (Calf Slicer)R1LFA 199: Farias vs. Visconde
Jul 13, 2024John SweeneyTitleLOSSDECDecision - UnanimousR5LFA 188: Sweeney vs. Do Nascimento
Jun 24, 2023Jordan WinskiWINDECDecision - UnanimousR3LFA 161: Davis vs. Siqueira
Mar 25, 2023Jerrell HodgeTitleLOSSDECDecision - UnanimousR5LFA 155: Do Nascimento vs. Hodge
Nov 19, 2022Justin WetzellWINKOKO/TKOR2LFA 147: Melo vs. Costa
Jul 9, 2022Marcus McGheeWINSUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1LFA 135: Leyva vs. Reis
Nov 30, 2019Victor PercilianoWINDECDecision - SplitR3Jungle Fight 99
Oct 26, 2019Diones da SilvaWINSUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1LFC: Lucas Fight Combat
Nov 24, 2018Wilker Ribeiro da CostaLOSSDQDQ (Illegal Kick)R1 · 1:52WOCS 53: Watch Out Combat Show 53
Mar 3, 2018Lucas NascimentoWINSUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1NCE 23: New Corpore Extreme 23
KOPunchesR1 · 1:49
SUBSubmissionR2 · 2:07
DECDecision - UnanimousR3
Aug 22, 2025 · LFA 215: Miranda vs. Barzilay
WIN
SUBSubmission (Ninja Choke)R1
Brandon Altomare
Jan 10, 2025 · LFA 199: Farias vs. Visconde
WIN
SUBSubmission (Calf Slicer)R1
John Sweeney
Jul 13, 2024 · LFA 188: Sweeney vs. Do Nascimento
LOSS
DECDecision - UnanimousR5Title
Jordan Winski
Jun 24, 2023 · LFA 161: Davis vs. Siqueira
WIN
DECDecision - UnanimousR3
Jerrell Hodge
Mar 25, 2023 · LFA 155: Do Nascimento vs. Hodge
LOSS
DECDecision - UnanimousR5Title
Nov 19, 2022 · LFA 147: Melo vs. Costa
WIN
KOKO/TKOR2
Jul 9, 2022 · LFA 135: Leyva vs. Reis
WIN
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1
Victor Perciliano
Nov 30, 2019 · Jungle Fight 99
WIN
DECDecision - SplitR3
Diones da Silva
Oct 26, 2019 · LFC: Lucas Fight Combat
WIN
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1
Wilker Ribeiro da Costa
Nov 24, 2018 · WOCS 53: Watch Out Combat Show 53
LOSS
DQDQ (Illegal Kick)R1 · 1:52
Lucas Nascimento
Mar 3, 2018 · NCE 23: New Corpore Extreme 23
WIN
SUBSubmission (Rear Naked Choke)R1

Rafael do Nascimento’s record, in numbers

Rafael do Nascimento’s official record is 13-2. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 13 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for — 10 wins, 3 losses — because 2 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.

The 10 wins break down as 1 by knockout, 6 by submission and 3 by decision — 7 of 10 inside the distance, a finish rate of 70%. Across all 13 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 6 minutes 28 seconds.

Rafael do Nascimento has never been stopped in the 13 bouts on file; no loss on file came by knockout or submission. The last 4 bouts on file are all wins.

Of the 13 bouts Cage Brothers holds a result for, 2 were for a title. Four of them have come since September 2024.

Set against the 449 Bantamweight fighters Cage Brothers holds eight or more bouts for, Rafael do Nascimento has a finish rate above 61% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 81% of them and a two-year bout count above 86% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.

Rafael do Nascimento is listed at 5ft 4in and is 34, born 15 November 1991.

These figures are recomputed from Rafael do Nascimento’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.